a hole in the ground

When we were in Andra Pradesh in April we visited a home where a woman was grinding chilli like this: a hollow in a  slab of stone in the ground: looks like hard work. But interesting that you can make shapes in the fabric of the building for functional purposes

simple but effective

in Milan this year i was keeping a record of all those objects that had been successfully made from one piece: rope, sheet material, looped, knotted, stuffed. Then the other day Tom, whose mother is Danish was telling me about the appeal of these tin openers that have been used in his family for decades. I have never seen one before. Very appealing. According to Tom they also work.